Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201262243 - Emplouyee Electrocuted In Trench By Severed Power Line
Accident: 201262243 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 08/07/2007 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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311264808 | 08/07/2007 | 1794 | Swallow Construction Corporation | ||||
At 12:31 p.m. on August 7, 2007, on a hot, sunny afternoon following rain showers, Employee #1 and two coworkers were working in a 5 ft deep by 4 ft wide by 9 ft long trench when the boom of the excavator, operated by a third coworker, struck and broke a 7,200-volt, C-phase electrical line. The broken line struck Employee #1, electrocuting him. It had rained earlier in the day and there was water at the bottom of the trench and the soil was saturated throughout the trench and around it. No other injuries were reported. The excavator was operating within 10 ft of the energized power lines. | |||||||
Keywords:
clearance, overhead power line, electrocuted, struck against, construction, trench, excavator, water
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other building | New project or new addition | $50,000 to $250,000 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 311264808 | Fatality | Electric Shock | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire |